The wOKeU Industrial Complex
Gallogly Warned Us And It Is Time To Listen
Since starting the petition to demand that the Board of Regents act to hold OU President Joseph Harroz accountable for his illegal, discriminatory, and destructive policies, I have encountered much fear based opposition from unexpected sources - mostly in the form of a cold silence.
When I do actually get someone engage on the subject, I hear a lot about how we need legislative support to gain political support, and that we need the support of the entire OU Board of Regents before we take on Joseph Harroz directly. But the facts simply do not support that assessment, and the prime evidence is found just one administration ago.
In his resignation letter, OU’s 14th President, James Gallogly, tried to warn us about what was happening at OU. He warned us about false and conflicting narratives that were being used to undermine his administration and the university. He warned us of the corruption of the Title IX process.
He warned of OU’s rising wOKeU Industrial Complex:
Unfortunately, a false narrative has been created that the explanation of the university’s financial condition, the disclosures of improper gift reporting, and changes to various people serving in the administration were somehow intended to diminish the legacy of our past president. That false narrative is now also being used to question the motives and propriety of the ongoing investigation of alleged misconduct by person(s) yet to be disclosed by the university.
The university was required by law to commence an investigation upon the receipt of complaint(s). That process has been ongoing according to its procedural mandate. The Jones Day law firm was hired to conduct an independent and unbiased, expert investigation and issue a report which the firm has now done. The process also allows for an appeal of findings. The sitting president of the university is normally a part of the Title IX appeals process. Given I am departing, I will not serve in the appellate process role going forward and a third party, yet to be appointed, will take my place.
The important work of putting our university on an improved financial path was done by dedicated faculty and staff with my administration’s assistance. This has been a difficult process for the university community but a necessary one. Even more difficult is the ongoing scrutiny our university is and will receive related to the Title IX process that is not yet complete. There have been no final determinations of innocence or guilt at this point in time. That is important to remember. When there is a determination, that result should not be questioned by suggestions that there were ever any false motives in this legally mandated process. Great care has been taken to ensure a fair, thorough, independent investigation where scores of people were interviewed and thousands of documents reviewed. My departure should clearly demonstrate that there has never been any personal benefit in any outcome. The suggestion that there was ever any ill will in prior factual disclosures was ridiculous when made and the false narrative that continues is now even more untenable.
Gallogly resigned because of the public outcry from a very loud minority of activist students and employees. The activists pushing these false narratives and misinformation, did not have the support of legislators. Yet Gallogly lost the support of the Board of Regents in just one year, and obviously felt forced to resign.
Legislators most often do not act without a groundswell of support. That is a fact. The perfect example of this is HB 1775. There were bills sitting in committees regarding CRT long before it became a hot topic issue. I personally briefed Governor Stitt on the issue months before it became a national issue and I was told that there just wasn’t enough outward support for the issue. Then, Chris Rufo and James Lindsay made it national and boom! We have HB 1775. Right on cue.
So, if the radical left can do this without legislative support, by using false narratives and manufactured outrage over anecdotal, out of context events, why can’t we do the same using actual facts and the truth about the discriminatory and objectively illegal policies put into place by OU President Joseph Harroz?
The only answers available are Self-interest and Fear.
We can either end this quickly by making an example of woke administrators and demanding someone who will remove their policies now, or we are leaving the next generation to fight this battle and they will be much less equipped to do so. That’s the design of woke takeover.
They don’t need your guns if they have your children and we are already 60 years behind.
If we raised a ground swell against Harroz, those regents and officials who are protecting him would bend in the same way. If Harroz is removed or forced to resign, it would send the most powerful message possible to leftist professors: stop injecting illegal discrimination into the classroom or you will be next.
So, why on earth are we moving the target to anyone else at all? Many professors are being forced to inject this stuff into the classroom by Joseph Harroz and DEI and IT WILL NOT STOP UNTIL WE REMOVE THE MANDATED POLICIES. Don’t believe me, you should inquire about why OU has "Equity Investigation and Enforcement Officers” and what their mandates are.
The only way to do that is to remove the policy is to remove the policy maker. We cannot fight this battle using a different set of rules for engagement. If we do, we will be like the British in the Revolutionary war, lined up in columns while the enemy shoots at us from the trees.
The last eight words in our Declaration of Independence, a document that forever changed the world in which we live, were bold and courageous; "Our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor." If Oklahomans will marshal the courage of our forefathers, regardless of political, social, and monetary risk to themselves, we can be the spark that starts a movement across the country. If we are the majority in Oklahoma, it is time to prove it.
Who among you has the courage to follow in the footsteps of Jefferson, Adams, and Hancock?
Sign OUr Declaration of Independence from King Joe’s wOKeU policies.
J. Mark Ousley, UnWokable
Notes:
James Gallogly timeline
March 26, 2018: Gallogly is hired as OU's 14th president.
July 1, 2018: His first day as OU president. He cuts nearly one-third of executives, reducing the number who report to him from 25 to 17.
July 24, 2018: Jabar Shumate, OU's associate vice president for university community, resigns.
Aug. 2, 2018: OU announces scaling back the National Merit Scholar program. During former president David Boren's tenure, OU recruited and heavily invested in National Merit Scholars — academically advanced students who score in the top 1 percent on a standardized test.
Sept. 13, 2018: At a regents meeting, Gallogly says the university will likely have less of a budget loss than anticipated during the current fiscal year. He says OU was originally going to have about a $15 million operating loss for the current fiscal year, but the university has found about $12.3 million in cost savings since he took the helm July 1.
Oct. 14, 2018: After OU dropped from 97 to 124 in the U.S. News & World Report's ranking of Best Colleges, Gallogly tells The Oklahoman that OU lacks vital research needed to bolster its reputation and the state's economy.
Nov. 1, 2018: Gallogly announces termination of 50 staff positions as part of cost-savings plan.
Nov. 2, 2018: The OU Daily reports that Gallogly ordered the OU Public Affairs Department to withhold university financial information during the summer, including an op-ed written by Boren, while Boren was still president.
Dec. 11, 2018: The Norman Transcript reports that Gallogly’s and Boren's relationship has crumbled amid threats and feuding over the financial status of the university and other issues. Boren counters Gallogly's claims with a letter to the Transcript. The Transcript reported that Gallogly told a senior OU administrator to deliver a message to Boren: "You tell him that I am the meanest son of a bitch he has ever seen, and if he ever crosses me again, I will destroy him." Gallogly denies the statement was made.
Dec. 11, 2018: The OU Board of Regents approves a $4.6 million pay increase plan during a meeting. Gallogly had said paying faculty a competitive salary was a top objective, second only to providing students a high-value, affordable education.
Jan. 21, 2019: Gallogly says two OU students "will not return to campus" after a video surfaces in which one wore blackface and used a racial slur.
Jan. 22, 2019: About 1,200 gather for The Rally To Stop Racism at OU, where a number of students and faculty speak about issues concerning safety, inclusivity and diversity on campus. "I want your help. I do not simply want your criticism. I want your help," Gallogly said in his speech, later adding in an apparent response to requests for his resignation: "I know that my words do not fall well on all of you sitting here today. So many of you do not want me to be successful. So many of you have some hatred in your heart about what I stand for and who I am."
Jan. 24, 2019: Hundreds of students march to Gallogly’s office to present a list of demands in hopes of making the campus safer, more welcoming and more diverse — only to find the president away at another engagement. Later that day, an event is organized in support of Gallogly.
Jan. 29, 2019: During a regents meeting, each member of the board takes turns speaking in support of Gallogly and addressing concerns vented by students and faculty members on the Norman campus. During the meeting, Gallogly introduces the university’s new vice president of student affairs, David Surratt, an OU alumnus who will lead the administration's diversity initiative.
Feb. 6, 2019: OU eliminates 28 positions in Norman and Oklahoma City. All are nonteaching positions. Most of the positions eliminated are in the Norman campus' information technology office and the OU Health Sciences Center's landscaping department.
March 13, 2019: Gallogly tells the OU regents that the Norman campus and the Health Sciences Center campus are now cash positive.
May 12, 2019: Gallogly announces he is resigning from OU.
Sources:
https://tulsaworld.com/news/state-and-regional/james-l-gallogly-resigning-as-ou-president/article_ada87d97-e8cb-5c23-95b6-54b79a2a4811.html